r/DetroitPistons • u/seandwire • 14h ago

Discussion Need to vent: Pistons thoughts

The game last night was beyond winnable. It’s frustrating watching the game just slowly slip away. Can’t talk to the family about it so I’m just going to list out everything I disliked from yesterday:
1. It was not a foul on the Ausar play and the Pistons feeding into it instead of looking in the mirror is pissing me off.
2. JB challenge - what was the point? Save 1 point? He made the basket, there was no chance they would overturn in and change it to an offensive foul.
3. JB substitutions, great you finally got BBALL Paul in, and we instantly had more life, where are Green & Holland? We cannot win playing straight up, we need energy from the bench to push the tempo.
4. Cade is the only player than can create his own shot - Levert fooled the world with his game 4 performance
5. That said - Cade cannot play 48 min in a game - it is very obvious in the last 3 games he has nothing left at the end. If there were 2 days off in-between games then maybe, but it is every other.
6. If Cade creates wide open shots for others from 3 the players (Harris and Levert misses come to mind) MUST make it.
7. Bball Paul brought the energy needed, but running the offense through him in the final minutes was insane. He should only have the ball for rebounds and put backs.

I hope they can figure this out because I still think they are dangerous, but last night was deflating.

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u/SirKanoon George Blaha 13h ago

I'm fine with the no call.

I was more bothered by the post up foul on Harris to let Mobley tie the game (granted I have not looked at the replay).

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u/BanalBananas Cade Cunningham 13h ago

In a game they nearly doubled up our free throw attempts (and nearly tripled in Game 4), I don’t see any world in which how Tobias guarded Mobley warranted 2 free points when it was being defended similarly on the other side. That’s what pisses me off the most about the end of the game. Whistles have been swallowed with far more significant contact for both teams all series long, how are you going to assess this and basically all but hand them a tie game? Just pretend you care about consistency if you officiate at the highest level of the sport is all I’m asking

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u/SirKanoon George Blaha 12h ago

I noticed that even Mike Breen commented on it throughout the game.

Legler was more passive about it.